Dope

In the fun and moving teen caper comedy Dope, Malcolm (Shameik Moore) is a ’90s hip-hop-loving, retro flat-top-wearing high school geek carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Inglewood, California as he dreams of getting into Harvard.

While juggling drug dealers, college applications and the punk band he plays in along with his besties Jib and Diggy, a chance invitation to a big underground party leads him into a wild comic adventure filled with quirky characters and bad choices. It’s a night that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself. Also featuring Forest Whitaker as the narrator. (Dir. by Rick Famuyiwa, 2015, USA, 103 mins., Rated R)